Monogrammed Brick Stories
Brick: Rapp, Barbara, Revard
Contributed by John Rapp
Barbara Revard was born in 1886 on the Osage Reservation in Indian Territory. The Revards were a French-Canadian family of fur traders who were long associated with the Osage tribe. Barbara's great grandfather, Joseph Revoir, was killed by Cherokees in 1822 at his trading post at Salina.
Barbara's father, Joseph Revard, rushed to California for gold and farmed in Oregon. When the Osage gave up their Kansas lands and moved to Oklahoma, Joseph brought his family to the new reservation.
Barbara Revard and her husband, Homer Rapp, had four children. As an allottee of the Osage tribe she received a farm near Fairfax. The couple farmed Barbara's allotment for some years. Barbara died in Oklahoma City in 1950.
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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.
This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.
